Establishment

The Planning and Zoning Commission was established by City Charter and approved by Sugar Land City Council January 17, 1981.

Purpose

To make recommendations to City Council concerning the use of land and other planning functions pursuant to state law and to promote orderly development; to serve as advisory concerning master plans and changes to the zoning plan; and to protect the general welfare and interest of the people concerning physical changes in the city and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Duties & Responsibilities

Ordinance No. 1178, § 1, 6-15-99. The City Charter provides that the commission shall perform the following duties and responsibilities:

Approve or disapprove subdivision plats as provided by state law and city ordinance;

Recommend to the council approval or disapproval of proposed changes in the zoning regulations and zoning map as provided by state law and city ordinance;

Make recommendations to the council on the city's master plans;

Make recommendations to the city manager and the City Council on the city's five-year capital improvements plan; and,

Perform any other duties as directed by the council or by ordinance.

How to Apply

If you are an existing Serve Sugar Land volunteer, please log into your account and click on APPLICATION FORMS link in the upper banner of the page and select the Boards and Commissions Application from the pull-down choices. This will auto fill all of your current information on file. Please update with any changes and complete the new questions.

If you are a new volunteer, visit https://volunteer.sugarlandtx.gov/ and click onto the "GET STARTED" wording in the center of the page. Scroll down the list of applications and please select the Boards and Commissions Application and complete it.

When completing the application please make sure to fully complete all fields and respond to all questions as your responses are considered in the selection process.

Please note this application must be completed in one sitting, you may not save and come back. This application may take some time to complete. You may also save your responses and cut and paste them into the application should you choose to. You may scroll down the application to preview the questions before deciding to complete in this sitting.